Having been sick all week, Huntington Prep Academy boys basketball player Andrew Wiggins was looking for the right dose of medicine to get him through this weekend’s games in the Boyd County Roundball Classic.

It turned out the right medicine came from an unlikely source — the Walnut Hills contingent of the crowd.

As the 300 students from Walnut Hills began taunting the nation’s top-rated player with “overrated” and “U-S-A”, the Canadian elevated his game and finished with 32 points and 10 rebounds to lead Huntington Prep to a 61-54 win over the Cincinnati school in front of 3,000 fans during the first day’s final game at Boyd County Middle School.

“That motivates me to play better and that’s what happened,” Wiggins said. “As soon as they started talking, that’s when I started playing better — hitting my shots and everything. Them getting involved was bad for their team.”

“We play defense on the perimeter and we have two shot-blockers in the paint,” Wiggins said. “We don’t try to force them into the lane, but if they get into the lane, then we have them behind us.”

Kentucky assistant coach Orlando Antigua was in attendance for the game, while John Calipari was in Indianapolis watching a couple of 2014 recruits.

Here are highlights of Wiggins 21 point performance:

This being the last games Andrew Wiggins plays in Kentucky this season, he enjoyed some nice performances in the 5 game Kentucky trek. He averaged 24.8 points and 11.6 rebounds in the five games he played in the state this season.(Hat Tip to Ben Roberts for stat)

Road To Rupp

The 6th and 7th regional tournament kick off tonight for 16 teams in 8 different locations. This is probably the highest profile regions in the state with a lot of the top teams vying for 2 spots in the Sweet 16 in Rupp Arena. Take a look at tonight’s schedule from KHSAA.org: Tuesday, March 3, […]